The White Lady of Rosemount. By John Coleman. (Hutchinson and.
Co.)—This "story of the modern stage" is certainly a well- told, interesting, and even exciting tale. The hero is a soldier, who, being forced by poverty to leave the Army, is taken up by an old friend, a theatrical manager, and in time succeeds to his business. Unfortunately, among other misfortunes, he is loved by two ladies of great dramatic gifts. These two laborantes in uno contrive between them, though with perfectly blameless purpose, to wreck his life. It is true that Jack Herbert is the victim of those suspicions that seem to be the peculiar property of the heroes of fiction ; still, the story of his trouble is worked out in an effec- tive, and, on the whole, natural way. We feel, too, a certain interest in the gentleman who plays Pylades to this Orestes, and who tells his story. On the whole, The White Lady of Rosemount is a particularly readable tale.
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